Yes, bind is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Stick to firmly

2. Create social or emotional ties

3. Make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope

4. Wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose

5. Secure with or as if with ropes

6. Bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted

7. Provide with a binding

8. Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord

9. Form a chemical bond with

10. Cause to be constipated

Noun

1. Something that hinders as if with bonds